Parameter setting apparatus for audio mixer, and program therefor

Abstract

In an audio mixer, there are stored a plurality of scene data each including, as a set of data, respective settings of a plurality of types of parameters, and these scene data are displayed on a scene data list shown on a display section. Human operator selects a desired one of the scene data from the scene data list using an increment or decrement switch. Determination is made as to whether any object-of-caution data, such as patch data, is among the plurality of types of parameters included in the selected scene data, and, if so, a caution display window is displayed to caution the human operator about the object-of-caution data.

1. A parameter setting apparatus for an audio mixer comprising:
 a storage section that stores a plurality of parameter setting data sets each including, as a set of data, data indicative of respective settings of a plurality of types of parameters, wherein part of the data included in at least one of set of said plurality of parameter setting data sets is a type of parameter, wherein said type of parameter is predefined as object-of-caution data; 
 a selection section that selects a desired one of the plurality of parameter setting data sets stored in said storage section; 
 a control section that determines whether said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the parameter setting data set selected via said selection section, and performs a predetermined cautioning operation if it has been determined that said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the selected parameter setting data set; and 
 a setting section that reads out the selected parameter setting data set from said storage section in response to an instruction given by a human operator, and sets respective states of the plurality of types of parameters in said audio mixer in accordance with the read-out parameter setting data set. 
 
   
   
     2. A parameter setting apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  which further comprises an inhibition setting section capable of setting readout inhibition individually for each of the plurality of types of parameters, and
 wherein said control section determines whether the readout inhibition is currently set, by said inhibition setting section, for the type of parameter corresponding to said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data included in the selected parameter setting data set and performs the predetermined cautioning operation on condition that the readout inhibition is not currently set, by said inhibition setting section, for the type of parameter corresponding to said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data included in the selected parameter setting data set. 
 
   
   
     3. A parameter setting apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said predetermined cautioning operation performed by said control section includes making a visual caution display on a display device. 
   
   
     4. A parameter setting apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said predetermined cautioning operation performed by said control section includes generating an auditory caution sound. 
   
   
     5. A computer-readable storage medium containing a group of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer, used for an audio mixer, to perform parameter setting processing, said computer having attached thereto a storage section that stores a plurality of parameter setting data sets each including, as a set of data, data indicative of respective settings of a plurality of types of parameters, wherein part of the data included in at least one set of said plurality of parameter setting data sets is a type of parameter, wherein said type of parameter is predefined as object-of-caution data, said parameter setting processing comprising:
 a step of selecting a desired one of the plurality of parameter setting data sets stored in said storage section; 
 a step of determining whether said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the parameter setting data set selected via said step of selecting, and performing a predetermined cautioning operation if it has been determined that said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the selected parameter setting data set; and 
 a step of reading out the selected parameter setting data set from said storage section in response to an instruction given by a human operator, and setting respective states of the plurality of types of parameters in said audio mixer in accordance with the read-out parameter setting data set. 
 
   
   
     6. A parameter setting apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said control section determines whether said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the parameter setting data set selected via said selection section before said setting section sets the respective states of the plurality of types of parameters in said audio mixer in accordance with the read-out parameter setting data set. 
   
   
     7. A parameter setting apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said predetermined cautioning operation comprises a caution that indicates a difference between the setting of a parameter represented by the object-of-caution data and the current setting of the corresponding parameter of the audio mixer, wherein said caution also indicates that readout inhibition is currently set for the object-of-caution data. 
   
   
     8. A computer-readable storage medium as claimed in  claim 5  wherein said group of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to determine whether said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the parameter setting data set selected via said selection section before setting the respective states of the plurality of types of parameters in said audio mixer in accordance with the read-out parameter setting data set. 
   
   
     9. A computer-readable storage medium as claimed in  claim 5  wherein said predetermined cautioning operation comprises a caution that indicates a difference between the setting of a parameter represented by the object-of-caution data and the current setting of the corresponding parameter of the audio mixer, wherein said caution also indicates that readout inhibition is currently set for the object-of-caution data.